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Leading the Fight against Tyranny, Satanism and Mass Murder: Radio Free Kanata
With your regular host Kevin Annett
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and in alliance with The Veterans Today Media Network and Freedom Talk Radio Scotland
Every Sunday at 3 pm pacific, 6 pm eastern and 11 pm GMT on https://bbsradio.com/radiofreekanata
In the wake of our take down of the Ninth Circle Catholic cult, don't miss this upcoming program and exclusive interview!
May 21: Satanic cult therapist and author Judy Byington returns to our show with more hard evidence of the extent of child killing cults in Utah and the western USA, and their protection by government authorities.
Self-Government established under Common Law
in the land known as Canada
A Home Rule Proclamation for a New Republic
The people of the territories known as “Canada” possess both the collective and individual right of self-governance to ensure their well being, peace and liberty as freeborn men and women. That right precedes and predates all of the laws, statutes and acts of the government of Canada, its Parliament and the Crown of England, and cannot be usurped, superseded, nullified or in any way altered or diminished by those external powers.
Under this same right, the people of the territories known as “Canada” are not obligated to owe allegiance to Canada, its Parliament or the Crown of England or their laws when these powers violate, diminish or threaten either the liberties and rights of the people, the sanctity and health of the land itself or higher moral and international law. Under such conditions, the people are required to actively dissociate themselves and secede from those tyrannical powers, and through their own self-governing assemblies establish a new and just system of government and law to maintain the civil peace.
THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN:
That We the People on the land known as "Canada" proclaim and establish our unalienable liberty to create and charter self governing, home rule Peoples Assemblies with the power and the lawful, jurisdictional and legislative authority to enact the following laws and binding measures:
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The abolition of Crown jurisdiction and authority, its courts and its statutes
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The canceling of all federal and provincial taxes and payments
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The issuing of a Republican Constitution and Charter of Liberties (* see Charter below)
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The establishing of sovereign common law courts of record as the sole de jure legal system
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The establishing of trained citizen militias to replace and absorb the standing army and police
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The expropriation of all banks, surplus wealth and land and their equal redistribution to all of the people in the form of a guaranteed annual income
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The expropriation of all medical services, transportation and surplus housing and their operation on a free or subsidized basis for all the people
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The abolition of all income taxes, rents and mortgages and an imposition of a progressive tax on all inherited, corporate, foreign and excess wealth, and on all foreign corporations and churches
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The abolition of all foreign ownership of the land and the economy
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The establishing of agricultural reserves and cooperative land trusts, and the subsidizing and protection of family farms and the lands and waters as a whole
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The recognition of the sovereignty and independence of all self-governing indigenous nations, including their right to succession within a framework of equal and lawful partnership with the non-aboriginal peoples through their Republican constitutional governments
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The establishing of local neighborhood and workplace Assemblies to facilitate direct grassroots democracy by all the people
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Charter of Liberties
All citizens are born and endowed with inherent, unalienable liberties under Natural Law which cannot be restricted, abrogated, denied or abolished by any authority, statute or power. These liberties are not limited by the act of defining them, and include but are not restricted to the following:
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Freedom of thought, speech and expression
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Freedom of conscience and religion, and freedom from religion
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Freedom of the press and publication
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Freedom of cultural expression and autonomy
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Freedom to organize politically and to form political parties and movements
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Freedom of dissent, civil disobedience and non-cooperation with the law and government according to one's conscience and the provisions of the Common Law
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Freedom to revolt and to supplant and replace any tyrannical government or power
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The right to fair, equal, speedy and responsive treatment before the law
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The constitutional and unalienable right to a trial by a jury of one's peers under the common law
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The right to bear arms and defend oneself and one's family against arbitrary, cruel or unjust treatment, including from agents of the government
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The right to be free from fear, harassment, discrimination and exploitation
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The right to parent and raise one's own children with love and respect free of any threat, intervention or assault by any agency or power
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The right to free and unrestricted movement
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The right to life itself, through the free and unrestricted access to all of life's essentials, including healthy food and water, quality medical care, education at every level, public transportation, decent housing and fair, sustaining and meaningful employment
Tune in to Radio Free Kanata, the Voice of the Nation, every Sunday at 3 pm pacific, 6 pm eastern, at BBS RADIO . Hosts: Kevin Annett, Katie Stoqua and Ryan Gable.
For general information or to contact your District Convener and local branches, write to the Provisional Council of the Republic of Kanata at republicofkanata@gmail.com . (Colin Sullivan, Secretary)
The International Diplomatic Mission of the Republic can be contacted by leaving messages at 1-386-323-5774 (USA).
* Note: All of these programs will include breaking news updates from the ITCCS Central Office regarding the ongoing campaign to expose and stop the Vatican Ninth Circle Satanic cult, as well as practical advice on how to organize in your community under the authority of the Common Law.
For more information and to assist us, write to republicofkanata@gmail.com and see http://murderbydecree.com
Morning Sky first radio program
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: ON MY FIRST BROADCAST ON THE BBS RADIO NETWORK THIS COMING MONDAY, May 29TH AT 8 P.M. PST, I HAD INTENDED TO BEGIN TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE MOST BASIC AND NEWEST REVELATIONS OF MY WORK ON THE PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS ON OUR WORLD. BASED ON THE EMAIL QUESTIONS I AM RECEIVING IN ADVANCE OF MY PROGRAM, I AM GOING TO CHANGE MY PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON THE ‘SPIRIT’ (‘WHAT IS IT?’, ‘WHY DO WE HAVE ONE?’) AND TO BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS LINK TO EXTRATERRESTRIALS. I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME.
ROBERT MORNING SKY
We are back from Contact in The Desert. Many adventures, stories, and more. We will talk about This Past Event on Cameron's Sports and Life, This Friday, May 26th 2017.
Join us for Fun and Laughter This Friday as The gang is all back and we are ready to have on my UFO people. I had an exclusive Interview with Karen a lady who was taken from her home and lived on an alien craft.
Make no bones about it. That's when our program is on, and, as it turns out "Make No Bones about It" is our featured phrase of the week.
Matt Williams is an up and coming singer/songwriter from south Alabama who writes and sings about life and war. He served in the U.S. Army, with multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To quote Matt, "I write my music based on real life experiences. I feel that artists have lost touch of what it means to write from the heart. I want to touch people in a way that they can actually relate to on so many different levels. I write about mistakes I made in life and what it has cost me, I write about being in the war and losing brothers and I try to put people in my shoes and let them see who I am. I think people enjoy an artist more when they know his or her past, present and future. I want them to hear a song and say, wow; he just described my life perfectly. Hearing people say they love my music because it’s honest and speaks volume about not only my life but theirs as well means more to me than anything. I hope to stand in front of thousands one day and tell stories in a song that make people cry, laugh, make them happy or even a song they can give to someone as an apology but they just can't say the words themselves."
Author and Public Speaker
Courtney began her path as a seeker at a young age, progressing to the point that these teachings began to flow through her, effortlessly and with complete love and joy, starting at age 16. In the beginning, the wisdom was received for her own evolution and understanding, but after a short time she was guided to share it with as many people as possible through a book. Since then she has worked single-mindedly on getting these teachings out to the public, through the work of the book and expanding into sharing her insights through publishing articles and speaking.
In addition to her dedication to the advancement of the teachings, Courtney is actively progressing toward qigong healing certification as well as craniosacral therapy certification. She has completed Spring Forest Qigong Levels I-IV, and CranioSacral Therapy Level I at the Upledger Institute. And as a classically trained violinist, she is engaging her passion for music in a new, more free flowing expression.
Teachings From God has given Courtney the inspiration and tools to create the life that excites her, and more than anything she wants to inspire you to do the same!
Spiritual teacher and founder of the Flower of Life Center for Human Evolution and the Awake And Empowered Expo
Ethann Fox, spiritual teacher and founder of the Flower of Life Center for Human Evolution and the Awake And Empowered Expo, always had a feeling that he had a gift with energy. From an early age and through his adult years in the business and financial world, he had an intense knowing that he could help people and never walked away from someone in need. Simultaneously, he walked the spiritual world, eventually becoming an accomplished astrologer and numerologist.
Yet his logical, left brained mindset left him very skeptical of his energetic healing ability. He had dismissed many unusual and profound healing experiences as coincidence, until 1997 when a series of unmistakable events finally began to convince him. His belief was further confirmed upon meeting Barb Morey, a gifted aura reader who's abilities can be compared to those of the late, Edgar Cayce. What she saw in his aura that day sent Ethann on a quest to better understand his gift through a series of experiments and study groups within his Flower of Life organization. Suddenly, many of the unusual life experiences he had lived made complete sense.
What Ethann found is he is able to accept the karma and negative emotional energy from others without any adverse effects to himself. He is able to do this while raising the consciousness of entire groups of individuals at once and there seems to be a cumulative effect. Through these studies, he has also been able to measure permanent increases in consciousness and improvements in voice profile analysis of participants. Some people even have had dramatic improvements in health after only one visit. But the most consistent noticeable effect has been a steady increase in their level of happiness and ability to deal with turbulent circumstances in life with greater ease and inner peace. Now Ethann uses this divine gift to help others to live happier more fulfilling lives and to aid in the transition to a new world consciousness. After bringing his energy events to local and remote audiences around the globe, he is now offering a free monthly webcast.
At an Energy Transfer and Discourse event, Ethann will talk about a variety of subjects in a broad range of topic areas including spirituality and consciousness, astrology, world events, health and longevity, and will take questions from attendees. But the real benefit to attendees is the energy that flows through him during the entire time. For about a half hour segment of the event, Ethann will sit quietly and increase the flow of energy to participants while asking them to direct their karma and negative energy toward him. In previous events, attendees have reported breakthroughs in their health and happiness as well as measurable changes in consciousness levels. Some even experience states of bliss. The effects of this energy on the lives and consciousness of those who attend his events are permanent and increase each time.
We are in a time of great changes in the world. Over the next several years, we will go through a period of transition from what was before to what will be the beginning of a new age on the Earth.
The future is quite bright and the greatest transition that we have seen in our present civilization is just around the corner. But first we must all go through this period of turbulent changes during which the old will pass away and the new will be born. It is the age of Heaven on Earth. We have already experienced the first buildup of pressures in the world and the resulting changes not only in the world but in our own personal lives. So how can we transition from here to there the best way possible and with the least suffering? For this purpose, Ethann is holding monthly Energy Transfer and Discourse events. With the help of higher consciousness, we will let go of resistance and increase our spiritual vibration to increase happiness and to make the transition as smooth as possible for everyone.
To find out more or to attend a group consciousness event in person or remotely, visit the Energy Transfer and Discourse Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ethannfoxenergytransfer
Award Winning Director Producer Political Activist and President of the Coalition Against Geoengineering
Michael J. Murphy is a multi-award winning Director/Producer, Political Activist and President of The Coalition Against Geoengineering.
As an independent reporter and community organizer, his work incudes directing and co-producing the groundbreaking documentaries which have awakened millions to the environmental threats of geoengineering programs, "WHY in the World are They Spraying?" and “What in the World are They Spraying?” and several other short films that address chemtrail /geoengineering programs.
His work has enlightened millions around the world to take action in protecting our fragile environment. Michael also has a strong history of community service which has lead him to become a founder in the building of two inner-city community food banks, various community empowerment initiatives and taking on the leadership roles in several other empowering community events.
Michael has spoken about these issues in various places around the world which include Washington DC and the European union. Michael is also working with political leaders around the world to develop political initiatives that will limit and/or ban geoengineering practices. He has also has also appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows around the world. Look for his soon to be released film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN3iWeUY_wM
Pastor, Husband, Father, Man of God
Pastor Nicholas M. Glenn is a Memphis, TN native who started working in the ministry in 2002. While being licensed and ordained to preach the gospel, He has served as a youth minister, collegiate Pastor, and Assistant Pastor. Nicholas currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Pleasant Hill M. B. Church, located in Hickman, KY. Although he is regarded as a energetic and Biblically sound teacher and preacher, he supports the notion that the church has a social responsibility to the community in which it serves. Nicholas has served on several community boards including serving as chair of the Weakly County Health Council Board and Milan Tennessee Friends of the Library Board. This former division I college football recruiting coordinator also serves as a Student Development Officer for the University of Tennessee at Martin and is a certified Tennessee police officer. He is the husband of Tymikia Glenn and the couple have 3 sons that keeps their home lively and entertaining. Nicholas is a sought after mentor, consultant, speaker, and presenter who believes in giving his best effort every day by taking a Psalm 1 approach to life.
Sound Healing Researcher, Award Winning Producer, Audio Engineer, Multi- instrumentalist, Musicologist, Songwriter
TED WINSLOW
Ted Winslow - Sound Healing Researcher, Award Winning Producer, Audio Engineer, Multi- instrumentalist, Musicologist, Songwriter…
Ted is also involved in extensive sound healing research through Bio-photonic Imaging Testing, where he works with the effects of sound on the Human Energy Field; which has scientifically validated his trademarked sound healing technology—SOUNDSYNCTECHTM
Ted’s music features SOUNDSYNCTECHTM a customized brainwave technology he has developed through binaural beats, compositions, tunings, state-of-the-art recording technologies, frequencies, and multidimensional music to create a theta/alpha harmonically balanced state to the body, mind and spirit.
Ted Winslow Bio
Ted Winslow is an award-winning producer and best-selling recording artist with over 25 years experience in the music business. Ted holds a BS in Music & Audio engineering from the University of Colorado and currently owns a state of the art commercial recording studio. Ted is also involved in extensive sound healing research through Biophotonic Imaging Testing, where he works with the affects of sound on the Human Energy Field, which has validated his trademarked sound healing technology – SOUNDSYNCTECHTM. Ted has created specialized Brainwave frequency music to facilitate a more powerful and effective hypnosis session developed exclusively for Wellpoint Hypnosis MethodTM through SOUNDSYNCTECHTM.
Sound Sync TechnologiesTM is a Scientifically proven sound healing technology developed by Ted Winslow. Ted invented this specialized sound healing music after 25 years of research and development of healing Solfeggio Frequencies, Binaural Beats, Theta Brainwave Technology, and spherical sound waves, which are composed and mastered in a unique way which have a positive affect on the human energy field. Through his unique style he has developed a form of sound healing that layers his composition to maximize the healing affect that replicates the brain’s natural process while simultaneously providing a more powerful self-healing response.
Wellpoint Hypnosis MethodTM has been in research and development for the past six years; it is an amalgamation of over 50 years of combined work in the energy medicine, meditation, past-life regression, subconscious mind reprogramming, brainwave entrainment and sound frequency fields.
Wellpoint Hypnosis MethodTM is not traditional hypnotherapy, it is a spiritual hypnosis technique utilizing customized SOUNDSYNCTECHTM sound frequencies to access the quantum field within using alpha, theta & delta brainwave states. Through these customized sound frequencies utilized during the hypnosis sessions, the brain’s natural process is replicated while simultaneously providing an atmosphere in the body to promote a more powerful self-healing response.
Ted has over 20 albums on the international market and is streaming on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Pandora and many other streaming platforms
organizational expert
I'm a decluttering and organizational expert. I've learned that most of us struggle with getting and staying organized because we're stuck in the energies of fear, shame and guilt. By learning easy, simple strategies and using small, self love based decisions on what we like, use and need in our life – we can then start to take stock in what we really have and even come to an understanding of why we are have it and then we will finally be able to let go of what no longer serves us without it causing us stress and aggravation. I've found that using this strategy allows people to let go more easily, make smarter decisions for themselves and there is an increase in productivity, contentment and energy.
-Make smarter decisions quicker and more easily that are for your best and highest good.
-Increase your energy, productivity and contentment levels
-Learn how to make your life easier and less stressful.
Alison Kero grew up with 2 different organizational styles being modeled to her. One parent was precision neat while the other was a pack rat. Through her teenage and college years Alison lived more like her pack rat parent but when she became an adult and started living on her own, she searched for ways to easily get and stay organized.
When Alison became an organizer in 2004, she constantly searched for ways to make her clients lives and her own, easier through organization. However, minor amounts of clutter always tended to creep up in Alison's life, which she found frustrating and kind of exhausting. Finally Alison had a major "ah-ha Oprah moment" after reading a book about tidying up. She realized that using self love as her decision making tool she could create her best possible living space filled only with what she liked, used and needed. It was the only way to ensure the outcome would be life transforming because she realized she was now only seeing good things in her home and life and she was beginning to find herself underneath some of the clutter. By first using self love in her organizing process, Alison was then able to transfer those same easy and simple techniques into all decisions she made in her life. Whether it was who to spend time with, what activities she chose or objects she brought home, Alison had found that many parts of her life were beginning to improve because of her self-love decision making; increased energy, productivity and overall contentment were just a part of what she's been seeing show up ever since.
Throughout her career she has been fortunate enough to be invited to appear on the Dr. Oz Show, the CBS Morning Show and the Mike Huckabee Show as well as several YouTube channel shows. Since embarking upon her adventure as an entrepreneur, Alison has been sought after as an organization and productivity blogger for Manilla.com and has also been interviewed by the NY Times, CNN.com, US News & World Report and many other online publications for her expert opinions. She also wrote her first book, "How to Fail at Business" which shares lessons she learned owning her first business in 2011 and is toying with writing a new book.
Alison combines organization, interior design and feng shui to help her clients create a space that truly defines who they are while creating a workable system to help them continue to achieve their goals. Alison recognizes there are myriad solutions when it comes to creating an organized life so by listening to her clients she can help them identify what's holding them back and keepining them stuck while developing a organizational system solution that's tailor made for them.
Thanks for visiting ACK! Organizing and when you're ready to create positive change in your life, drop me a line. -- Cheers, Alison Kero
Success Energizer and Oracle, Exponential Intelligence, Intuitive, Speaker, Healer, Transformation Coach, Multi Near Death Experiencer
After his second near death experience, Mas Sajady was gifted with intuitive and healing abilities so remarkably potent that he was soon likened to some of the most significant healers in history. Mas works on the core frequency level to help redesign and reprogram your blueprint, materializing fast and tangible results and manifesting abundance in all areas of life. Thousands around the world have transformed their lives after just one or a few sessions with Mas. “Change your frequency, change your life,” shares Mas.
Areas of Transformation
Relieve Persistent Health Issues
Supercharge Finances
Heighten Relationships
Rise to True Spirituality
Transform Businesses
Sharpen Intuition
Enhance Beauty
Accelerate Success
Mas Sajady has always been intuitively gifted. Like many others, he tried to hide or ignore his highly intuitive nature so he could “fit in”. It is for this reason Mas has always strongly advised parents to support children who have similar affinities. It literally took Mas two near death experiences to awaken and embrace his abilities.
His first near death experience was in his early twenties. Aside from the crushed jaw and torqued neck, it was the best experience he has ever had.
“The beauty, peace and love present during this experience can never compare to anything we have on earth at this physical level”, says Mas. After this experience, his intuitive abilities were heightened and he was able to sense future events and the internal issues of others.
Mas’ intuitive abilities were then pushed aside as his family life took over. His children and his successful web development business took center stage during this time of his life.
His second near death experience occurred in 2006. This was his second best life experience. This second near death experience opened Mas to even higher levels of awareness where miracles can and do happen.
To clarify, Mas does not have the power to heal; rather he acts as the “conduit” for pure energy to manifest this healing from a higher energy field. These fundamental shifts can impact anyone’s physical, emotional, financial or spiritual health, and all areas of relationships, creating 360° of Abundance.
Although his abilities have been compared to religious figures, a healing with Mas has no religious significance. It is spiritual in nature. It is for this reason that Mas’ diverse community consists of clients of all faiths and beliefs.
Mas began studying similar near death experiences in order to understand the incredible shift he was undergoing. The closest explanation he found was in the field of Quantum Physics.
The most important lessons come to him through meditations where, since his crossovers, these meditations have become even more vivid; he enters a dream-like state but wide awake and aware of his surroundings. At times he transcends his physical body and from these meditations gains knowledge on a multitude of subjects, including spiritual and earthly matters. Over time his healing abilities have been magnified and sessions have been condensed, generating significant shifts at the core level.
He started working on clients professionally in November of 2009. Within less than a year, he had worked on over a thousand individuals who were drawn to him by referral. Through his daily mediation sessions and frequent speaking engagements worldwide, Mas has been able to touch countless individuals around the world. Whether it is physical or emotional health, finances, relationships or spirituality, Mas can change your frequency in order to Be Limitless & enjoy 360° of Abundance in all aspects of your life.
Executive Director Arab American Action Network
Hatem Abudayyeh
Executive Director
Hatem Abudayyeh has been with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) since 1999, and was appointed Executive Director in 2003. The son of Palestinian immigrants who themselves were leaders in Chicago’s Arab community, Hatem was born in Chicago and coached varsity basketball and baseball as an administrative assistant at Mather High School before joining AAAN. He was elected Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European, and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) in 2006, is a founding Advisory Board member of the National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), and sits on the National Coordinating Committee of the United States Palestine Community Network (USPCN).
Hatem speaking at Press Conference on Palestinian Activist Rasmea Odeh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVciKRYfKWY
The Case of Rasmea Odeh: A Palestinian Hero
Rasmea Odeh
Rasmea Odeh is a leading member of Chicago’s Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities, and her decade of service in Chicago has changed the lives of thousands of people, particularly disenfranchised Arab women and their families. She has been with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) since 2004, and is responsible for the management of day-to-day operations and the coordination of its Arab Women’s Committee, which has a membership of nearly 600 and leads the organization’s work in the areas of defending civil liberties and immigrants’ rights. She is a mentor to hundreds of immigrant women, as well as many members of the AAAN’s staff and board, and is a well-known and respected organizer throughout Chicagoland, the U.S. and the world.
In 2013, Rasmea received the Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Chicago Cultural Alliance, which described her as a woman who has “dedicated over 40 years of her life to the empowerment of Arab women, first in her homes of Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon, where she was an activist and practicing attorney, and then the past 10 years in Chicago.”
Rasmea is a community icon who overcame vicious torture by Israeli authorities while imprisoned in Palestine in the 1970s, and an example for the millions of Palestinians who have not given up organizing for their rights of liberation, equality, and return.
The prosecution of a hero
In the early morning of Tuesday, October 22, 2013, then sixty-six year old Rasmea Odeh was arrested at her home by agents from the Department of Homeland Security. She was indicted in federal court, charged with Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization, an allegation based on answers she gave on a 20-year-old immigration application. Rasmea, her supporters, and her legal team say that the immigration charge was nothing but a pretext to attack this icon of the Palestine liberation movement.
The government claims that Rasmea failed to disclose that she was convicted by the Israelis of participating in bombings in 1969. This conviction in a military court was the result of a false confession made after she was viciously tortured and raped by Israeli military authorities for weeks. There is no due process in Israeli military courts, which “convict” over 99% of Palestinians who come before them, and “evidence” from these should not be accepted in a court in the U.S.
Despite this, Rasmea’s case on immigration charges went to trial in Detroit in November 2014.
There, Federal Judge Gershwin Drain allowed the Israeli military court conviction to be entered into evidence, but barred testimony about her torture at the hands of her Israeli captors. That ruling eliminated the testimony of expert witness Dr. Mary Fabri, a clinical psychologist who has decades of experience working with torture survivors. Fabri was prepared to testify that the allegedly false answers on the immigration forms were the result of Rasmea’s chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Rasmea never set out to hide her past. She had testified about her torture at the United Nations when she was released in 1979. As her lead attorney, Michael Deutsch, said, “It was well known that she was convicted, and traded [in a prisoner exchange]. The U.S. Embassy knew it, the State Department knew it, and Immigration should have known it.”
Never really about immigration, the case against Rasmea grew out of the investigation of 23 anti-war and Palestinian community organizers in Chicago and Minneapolis, who were subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in 2010. Make no mistake. Rasmea came under attack by the U.S. government because she is Palestinian, and because for decades, she has organized for Palestinian liberation and self-determination, the Right of Return, and an end to Israeli occupation and colonization. Palestine support work, especially the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement, has made a number of recent gains, and the long arm of federal law enforcement has attempted to crack down on it, like it has on all effective and impactful movements for social justice in the history of this country. Rasmea’s prosecution is part of this crackdown.
Rasmea and Supporters
The fight for justice
During her November trial, Rasmea and her defense team put the crimes of Israel on record. Her story of being exiled from the village of her birth, Lifta, in 1948; of being exiled again during the 1967 war; of experiencing the death of her sister after the raid on her home in 1969; and of being a political prisoner, one of the most famous in the history of the Palestine liberation movement—all these are stories of the crimes of apartheid Israel, crimes that continue today in the racist settler and military assaults we have seen in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, 1948 Palestine, and the West Bank. Israel’s terrorism, and the U.S. government’s complicity, were exposed for all the world to see.
Rasmea’s case is not only about the U.S. carrying out Israel’s agenda, but also connected to racist policies here. The civil rights of Arabs and Muslims are violated with impunity, particularly those who are critical of U.S. support for Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people. This is in the context of the long history of attacks against communities that organize for social change in this country, especially Black, Chicano and Mexicano, Puerto Rican, Native, Asian, and other oppressed nationalities.
Rasmea was convicted in the unjust trial in November, and imprisoned in a Michigan county jail for a month, under very difficult conditions, including almost three weeks in solitary confinement. Supporters across the country rallied for – and won – her release on bond.
In March 2015, Rasmea was sentenced to 18 months in prison and subsequent deportation. However, because of our organizing efforts, she is staying free on bond pending appeal. The sentence was a huge blow to the prosecutor, who asked for 5-7 years. Her appeal was filed by defense attorneys on June 9, the prosecution replied on July 8, and the defense rebuttal was sent to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on July 20. The appeals court heard oral arguments in Cincinnati on Wednesday, October 14, and Deutsch made a powerful argument for Rasmea deserving a new trial. We will get a decision 1-4 months from now, but the fight is far from over, and we still need your support to ensure that we win #Justice4Rasmea.
